Champions of bread

Born in Brittany, France, Eric began his culinary journey working as a chef for the French Navy before moving to the UK in 1989 to work with legendary chefs such as Albert and Michel Roux. In 1995, Er

My life-sized creations really take the cake

Stale bread is transfigured into pure poetry in panzanella , one of Tuscany’s culinary star turns, says Tom Parker Bowles

Here are some of the best authentic sourdough bakeries along our coastlines, offering exceptional artisan loaves in seaside settings

There is a story that in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Eccles cakes on the grounds that they were too indulgent: all of that melting pastry and expensive dried fruit, sugar and spice deemed

DAME PRUE LEITH and PAUL HOLLYWOOD on why judging this year’s Bake Off wasn’t a piece of cake